Anthony Mundine rematch with Danny Green on the cards

For Anthony Mundine and Danny Green to finally stage a rematch of their 2006 fight at Allianz Stadium, one would need to put on 10kg and the other would have to lose about the same weight.

While Mundine insists his ambition to fight Floyd Mayweather had not been altered by Wednesday night's loss to Joshua Clottey, the defeat appears to have bought forward the timing for a much anticipated final bout with Green as a sign-off on two of the most successful careers in Australian boxing.

Anthony Mundine is on the ropes, in more ways than one, during his loss to Joshua Clottey in Newcastle on Wednesday night. Photo: Marina Neil

However, the build-up to The Man versus The (Green) Machine II will be long as Mundine weighed in for the Clottey bout at 69.8kg, while Green hit the scales at 87.1kg in his last fight against Shane Cameron on November 21, 2012.

Green has repeatedly indicated he wants a chance to avenge his 2006 super middleweight loss to Mundine before a crowd of more than 30,000 at Allianz Stadium before retiring and the 38-year-old former NSW Origin representative said after being knocked down five times by Clottey that a rematch against his West Australian arch rival was an option.

Anthony Mundine receives treatment from his corner during his match with Joshua Clottey. Photo: Marina Neil

After waking "fresh as a daisy" on Thursday, Mundine did not want to consider fighting Green again and was more focused on rectifying the defence that let him down in his courageous 12-round loss to Clottey, whose only defeats in a 42-bout career were to Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Antonio Maragarilo and Carlos Baldomir.

"I don't want to talk about that right now," Mundine said on Thursday. "For that to happen, Danny would have to fight at 79kg because my whole structure has changed. I am not as big as I used to be and I am not as strong as I used to be - for this weight maybe, but not for what I was at super middleweight."

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Some, including Clottey, believe Mundine sacrificed too much by fighting in the light middleweight division but in his last bout 10 weeks ago he became the only boxer to stop Shane Mosley. Clottey won the fight on points with the judges scoring it 116-108, 115-109 and 117-108.

"He has got a sweet left hand, it is strong but that is where I should have adapted," Mundine said. "I have to give him credit, he game-planned a lot better than I did. I was really disappointed with my defence, I am normally a very tactical fighter but my defence let me down last night and I wasn't happy with that so that will be one of the first things I will be working on in the future.

"I don't want to get into excuses. At the end of the day the better man won but I thought it was gallant performance for the adversity I faced and I felt that I was still in the fight right until the end. I felt comfortable and I thought I was doing good but he caught me early in the third round and I found it hard to recover. If he hadn't knocked me down I think I would have won the fight but that is another story."

Despite his corner wanting him to retire after he was knocked down for the fifth time in the 10th round, Mundine said he wasn't a quitter - in or out of the ring.

"I am a man of pride and if ended up getting knocked out that was how it was going to be," he said. "The 11th and 12th rounds were two of my best rounds so that was unfortunate but at the end of the day it's just the way it is and I accept it because that is God's will. We may get a rematch and we can try and change it or who knows, a big fighter might think I am right for the picking.

"We are going to see what arises from this situation and take it from there but by no means am I hanging up the gloves. I just know that I have still got it and while I have got the drive and the commitment there is no reason why I can't reach Mayweather."